चिल्लर
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Marathi चिल्लर (cillar), from Kannada ಚಿಲ್ಲರ (cillara). Compare Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa), and Telugu చిల్లర (cillara, “loose change”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चिल्लर • (cillar) m pl
Declension edit
Declension of चिल्लर (pl-only masc cons-stem)
References edit
- Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “चिल्लर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2574, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Kannada ಚಿಲ್ಲರ (cillara). Compare Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa), and Telugu చిల్లర (cillara, “loose change”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चिल्लर • (cillar) ?
Adjective edit
चिल्लर • (cillar)
- small, minor
References edit
- Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “चिल्लर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2574, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.